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APPENDIX A – TEACHER RESOURCE GUIDE UNITED STATES HISTORY (1877 to Present)

Indiana Academic Standards Resource

GuideUnited States History

1877 to the Present

Date of last update: May 2017

This Teacher Resource Guide has been developed to provide supporting materials to help educators successfully implement the social studies standards. These resources are provided to help you in your work to ensure all students meet the rigorous learning expectations set by the Academic Standards. Use of these resources is optional – teachers should decide which resource will work best in their school for their students.

This resource document will be continually updated. Please send any suggested links and report broken links to:Bruce BlombergSocial Studies SpecialistIndiana Department of Educationbblomberg@doe.in.gov317-232-9078

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GOOD STUDIES SOCIAL WEBSITES:HOOSIERS AND THE AMERICAN STORY DOWNLOADDestination Indiana (from the Indiana Historical Society)

EDSITEMENTDOCS TEACH

DIGITAL HISTORYHISTORICAL SCENE INVESTIGATION

LIBRARY OF CONGRESSTEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY.ORG

READING LIKE A HISTORIAN (free registration)GILDER LEHRMAN Institute of American History (free registration)

Historical Thinking MattersJohn Green US History Crash Course Videos (Nice short videos to either wrap up or kick off a unit of study)

PBS: American Experience (A number of videos are available for online viewing)America: The Story of US (Teacher’s guide for the series)

Thomas Nast CartoonsHarpWeek

National Archives – Teaching With DocumentsThe Smithsonian: Resources for Teaching American History

U.S. History.orgAmerican History Outlines, Charts, Etc

Have Fun With HistoryEducational Resource

American Rhetoric: Top 100 SpeechesCivics Resources

Civil Rights and Ethnic Education ResourcesBest U.S. History Web Sites

Standard 1: Early National Development: 1775 to 1877Students review and summarize key ideas, events, and developments from the Founding Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction from 1775 to 1877.

Primary Source Documents

100 Milestone DocumentsRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820’s)

Expansion and Reform (1801-1868)Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

USH.1.1 Read key documents from the Founding Era and analyze major ideas about government, individual rights and the general welfare embedded in these documents. (Government)

ResourcesThe Declaration of Independence: An Analytical View

Declaration of IndependenceThe Declaration of Independence (ConSource)

The Declaration and Natural RightsNorthwest Ordinance (1787)

U.S. Constitution (1787)Federalist Paper 10 (1787)Federalist Paper 51 (1788)

Bill of Rights (1791)Bill of Rights Infographic

Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)Gilder Lehrman: Washington’s Farewell Address (free

registration)The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)

Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address (1801)Marbury v. Madison (1803)

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)Indiana Constitution (1816)Indiana Constitution (1851)

USH.1.2 Summarize major themes in the early history of the United States such as federalism, sectionalism, nationalism, and states’ rights. (Economics, Government)

Key Terms/TopicsFederalismSectionalismNationalismStates’ Rights

ExpansionSlaveryLiberty vs. Order

ResourcesiCivics: Federalism (free registration)

Federalism: U.S. v. the StatesNationalism and Sectionalism (short video)

USH.1.3 Identify and tell the significance of controversies pertaining to slavery, abolitionism, and social reform movements. (Government, Economics)

Key Terms/TopicsNat Turner RebellionCompromise of 1820Compromise of 1850Kansas-Nebraska Act

Dred Scott DecisionJohn Brown’s RaidGreat AwakeningTemperance Movement

Women’s RightsHorace Mann -- Education Reform

ResourcesThe Second Great Awakening and the Age of Reform Articles

Edsitement Lesson: Slave NarrativesNat Turner rebellionCompromise of 1820

Abolitionism in IndianaLevi Coffin (Indiana)Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

EDSITEment Lesson: The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854: Popular Sovereignty and the Political Polarization over Slavery

Teach US History.org: Lesson Plan Kansas-Nebraska ActDred Scott v. Sanford (1856)

Teach US History.org: Lesson Plan Dred ScottJohn Brown’s Raid

Temperance movement (Indiana)Temperance Reform in the Early 19 th Century

Women’s Rights MovementUSH. 1.4 Describe causes and lasting effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction as well as the political controversies

surrounding this time such as Andrew Johnson’s impeachment, the Black Codes, and the Compromise of 1877.

(Government, Economics)Key Terms/Topics

Causes Economic and Social differences

between the North and the South States versus Federal rights The fight between Slave and Non-

Slave State proponents Growth of abolition movement Election of Lincoln

Lasting EffectsCivil War Amendments (13,14,15)

Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan

Congressional Reconstruction Plan

Political Controversies Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Black Codes Jim Crow laws Election of Rutherford B. Hayes as

President Compromise of 1877

ResourcesCivil War Primary Documents

Causes of the Civil War

Reconstruction Plans: Lincoln’s Plan, Johnson’s Plan, Congressional PlanDigital History: Overview of Reconstruction

Edsitement: the Battle Over Reconstruction: The Aftermath of WarEdsitement: the Battle Over Reconstruction: The Politics of Reconstruction

Edsitement: the Battle Over Reconstruction: The Aftermath of Reconstruction

13 th Amendment 14 th Amendment 15 th Amendment The Thirteenth Amendment & the Abolition of Slavery

Effects of Reconstruction Timeline (National Humanities Center)Emancipation Movements (National Humanities Center)

How successful was reconstruction in dealing with the economic and social problems of freedmen?To what extent did Reconstruction create political equality for freedmen?

What happened to freedmen after reconstruction came to an end?How was legalized segregation created in the south?

After Reconstruction: Problems of African Americans in the South (Library of Congress)

Johnson’s impeachmentThe Impeachment of Andrew JohnsonThe Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Black Codes (Short Video)Reconstruction – Black Codes (You Tube Video)

The Compromise of 1877Hayes vs Tilden political cartoon

Rutherford B. Hayes Election

The Election Riot of 1876

Standard 2: Development of the Industrial United States: 1870 to 1900Students examine the political, economic, social and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1870 to 1900.

Primary Source DocumentsNational Archives: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Library of Congress: Development of the Industrial United States (1876-1915)America’s Industrial Revolution

American History Resource Center – 1879-1990

USH.2.1 Describe the economic developments that transformed the United States into a major industrial power and the factors necessary for industrialization. (Economics)

ResourcesIndustrial RevolutionGrowth of railroads

Transcontinental Railroads: Compressing Time and Space Gilder Lehrman article-free registrationBinding the Nation by Rail

InventionsInventors and Inventions from 1851-1900

Inventions from 1870-1900 Timeline and text viewDevelopment of big business

The Black Inventor Online MuseumThe Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences

Robber Barons such as:Robber Barons or Captains of Industry? (Article)Captains of Industry or Robber Barrons Lesson

John D. RockefellerDigital History: Business Regulation Case Study: Standard Oil

Andrew CarnegieWealth and Weightlessness

Cornelius VanderbiltEdsitement: The Industrial Age in America: Robber Barons and Captains of IndustryEdsitement: The Industrial Age in America: Sweatshops, Steel Mills, and Factories

USH.2.2 Explain key ideas, movements, and inventions and summarize their impact on rural and urban communities throughout the United States. (Economics, Sociology)

ResourcesDocsTeach: Assimilation of American Indians

Inventions from 1870-1900Zoom Inventors and Inventions

Henry Grady’s New SouthPBS: Who Made America Timeline

African American Identify in the Gilded Age (Library of Congress)

Growth of political machine politics (Boss Tweed)Gilded Age – Political Cartoon AnalysisPolitical Cartoons of Political Machines

PopulismThe Farmers Revolt

William Jennings BryanReading Like a Historian: Populism and the Election of 1896 (free registration)

Grange Movement (Oliver Kelley)National People’s Party Platform

USH.2.2 continued on next pageAgricultural Innovations

George Washington CarverJohn Deere

Cyrus McCormickJoseph F. Glidden

refrigerated box car (Andrew Chase)

the elevator (Elisha Otis)the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell)

contributions of Thomas Edison

George Westinghouse

Indiana: discovery of the Trenton Gas Field, development of gas boom cities/towns in East Central Indiana

USH 2.3 Analyze the factors associated with the development of the West and how these factors affected the lives of those who settled there. (Government, Economics, Individuals, Society, and Culture)

Key Terms/TopicsTechnological advances, including the transcontinental railroad

Possibility of wealth created by discovery of gold and silverAdventure

New beginningOpportunities for land ownership (Homestead Act)

ResourcesDocs TEACH: Reasons for Westward Expansion

PBS: New Perspectives on THE WESTThe Homestead Act

Homestead ActTurner Thesis

The Significance of the Frontier in American HistoryThe Closing of the Frontier

USH.2.4 Explain how the lives of American Indians changed with the development of the West. (Government, Individuals, Society, and Culture)

Key Terms/TopicsOpposition by American Indians to westward expansion (Battle of Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull, Geronimo)

Forced relocation from native lands to reservationsReduced population through warfare and disease

Assimilation attemptsDestruction of buffalo

Broken treaties

ResourcesReading Like a Historian: Battle of Little Big Horn (free registration)Were the policies and actions towards Native Americans justified?

To what extent were US policies towards the Native Americans justified?Indian Removal and the Politics of Westward Expansion

Natives of North America

USH.2.5 Summarize the impact industrialization and immigration had on social movements of the era including the contributions specific individuals and groups. (Economics, Geography, Individuals, Society, and Culture)

Key Terms/TopicsSocial Darwinism – Herbert SpencerGospel of Wealth – Andrew CarnegieHull House – Jane AddamsJacob Riis

Child laborChinese Exclusion ActThe Tweed Ring (Boss Tweed)Immigrant groups

they provided cheap labor

ResourcesHerbert Spencer: Social Darwinism

Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth recordingAndrew Carnegie: The Gospel of Wealth

Gospel of Wealth - www.fordham.edu/halsall/Mod/1889carnegie.htmlJane Addams (Hull House)

The Subjective Necessity of Social Settlements by Jane AddamsJacob Riis Video

Jacob Riis (YouTube)

Reading Like a Historian: Chinese Immigration and Exclusion (free registration)Chinese Exclusion Act (explanation and Primary Sources)

Vaudeville ActsWilliam (Boss) Tweed and Thomas Nast

Responses to Industrialization

USH.2.6 Describe the growth of unions and the labor movement and evaluate various approaches and methods used by different labor leaders and organizations. (Government, Economics)

Key Terms/TopicsHomestead StrikePullman StrikeHaymarket Riot

Knights of Labor American Federation of LaborTriangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

ResourcesMajor Events in Labor History

The Labor Union Movement in AmericaExplain the formation and goals of unions as well as the rise of radical political parties during the Industrial Era

Labor Unions in a Industrializing U.S.Reading Like a Historian: Homestead Strike (free registration)

PBS: The Homestead StrikeHistory Channel: Homestead Steel Strike

Pullman Strike (1894)Gilder Lehrman: The Haymarket Riot (free registration)

Samuel GompersEugene Debs

Terence V. Powderly, The Knights of Labor, 1889Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

USH.2.7 Describe and assess the contribution of Indiana’s only president, Benjamin Harrison, to national policies on environmental protection, business regulation, immigration, and civil rights.

Key Terms/TopicsNew states in the Union (North & South Dakota, Montana, Washington)

Forest Reserve Act (National Parks: Yosemite, Sequoia, Grant)Sherman Antitrust Act (business)Ellis Island opened (Immigration)

The Lodge Bill—a.k.a. Federal Election Bill (civil rights)

ResourcesBenjamin Harrison Presidential Site

American President: Benjamin HarrisonFederal Election Bill Cartoon & Explanation

Benjamin Harrison DomesticPapers of Benjamin Harrison

USH.2.8 Evaluate the effectiveness of government attempts to regulate business (Interstate and Commerce Act-1887, Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890). (Government, Economics)

ResourcesSherman Anti-Trust Act (1890) Text

The Sherman Anti-Trust ActShould the Government Regulate Business? Debate

Interstate Commerce Act

USH.2.9 Analyze the development of “separate but equal” policies culminating in the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case. (Government; Individuals, Society, and Culture)

ResourcesCivil Rights ActsJim Crow laws

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (PBS)Creation of KKK

Plessy v. FergusonAbridged version

iCivics: Plessy v. Ferguson (free registration)Streelaw.org: Plessy v. Ferguson

From Jim Crow to Linda Brown (Library of Congress)The Supreme Court and Civil Rights

Standard 3: Emergence of the Modern United States: 1897 to 1920Students examine the political, economic, social and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1897 to 1920.

Primary Sources DocumentsThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

Early 1900s U.S. Foreign PolicyAmerican History Resource Center-1890-1914American History Resource Center-1914-1920

USH.3.1 Describe the events and people central to the transformation of the United States developing into a world power. (Government, Geography)

Key Terms/ TopicsEVENTS:

Spanish-American WarAcquisition of Open Door Policy

Roosevelt CorollaryDollar Diplomacy

ResourcesAmerican History – Early Imperialism

Spanish-American WarSpanish-American War (1898)

Edsitement: The Spanish-American WarReading Like a Historian: American Imperialism (free registration)

The World of 1898: The Spanish-American WarCrucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War

HawaiiAnnexation of Hawaii (1898)

Teaching With Documents: The 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii

Open Door PolicyOpen Door Policy (1899)

Edsitement: Imperialism and the Open DoorTreaty of Portsmouth

The Roosevelt Corollary

Gilder Lehrman: The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (free registration)Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

Building the Panama Canal (1903-1914) Dollar Diplomacy

World War I (1914-1918)See USH.3.6

PEOPLE:William McKinley

John HayWilliam Randolph Hearst/Joseph Pulitzer

Theodore Roosevelt (Big Stick Diplomacy)William H. Taft (Dollar Diplomacy)

Woodrow Wilson and Foreign Policy (EDSITEment)Alfred Thayer Mahan

John J. PershingEddie Richenbacker

USH.3.2 Explain the origins, goals, achievements, and limitations of the Progressive Movement in addressing political, economic, and social reform. (Government; Economics; Individuals, Society, and Culture)

Key Terms/Topics

POLITICALParty primaries

Decline of machine politicsWomen get right to vote

ECONOMIC:Conservation of land and water

Regulation of businessLower tariffs

Reformed banking systemFederal income tax

SOCIALChild Labor

Upton Sinclair – The Jungle

ResourcesProgressive Era Web Sites

Library of Congress: Progressive Era to New Era, 1900 - 1929Best of History Websites: Progressive Era

Gilder Lehrman: Reform Movements of the Progressive Era (Free Registration)Primary Sources: Progressive EraProgressive Era Politics TimelineThe 1911 Triangle Factory Fire

POLITICAL:Extending Suffrage to Women

SOCIAL:The Jungle

The Jungle (Gilder Lehrman)Child Labor in America

Black Women Clubbing for Healthcare Reform

USH.3.3 Compare and contrast the Progressive reforms of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. (Government; Economics; Individuals, Society, and Culture)

Key Terms/TopicsSquare Deal Anthracite Coal Strike Anti-trust Railroad regulation

Elkins ActHepburn ActMeatpacking and Food industryPure Food and Drug ActMeat Inspection Act

ConservationNewlands Reclamation ActForest Reserve ActNational Conservation Commission

Mann-Elkins Act16th AmendmentNew FreedomUnderwood TariffFederal Reserve ActClayton Antitrust Act

Federal Trade Commission

17th Amendment19th Amendment

ResourcesTheodore Roosevelt primary sourcesWilliam Howard Taft primary sources

Woodrow Wilson primary sourcesProgressive Party Platform of 1912

Teaching With Documents: Political Cartoons Illustrating Progressivism and the Election of 1912

Theodore RooseveltTo what extend did TR provide a “Square Deal” for the American people? Anthracite Coal Strike

T. Roosevelt and the Trusts Gilder Lehrman (free registration)Northern Securities case

Progressive Reform and TrustsFederal Power: Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow WilsonTo what extent did W. Wilson provide a “New Freedom” for the American people?

History of the Federal ReserveClassroom Edition - St. Louis Fed - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Clayton Antitrust ActWinning the Vote for Women: The 19th Amendment

USH.3.4 Explain the constitutional significance of the following landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court: Northern Securities Company v. United States (1904), Muller v. Oregon (1908), Schenck v. United States (1919) and Abrams v. United States (1919).

ResourcesNorthern Securities case (1904

Muller v. Oregon (1908)Schenck v. United States (1919)

Clear & Present Danger Test for Subversive AdvocacyAbrams v. United States (1919)

USH.3.5 Identify and give the significance of contributions to American culture made by individuals and groups--1897-1920 such as Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, NAACP, muckrakers, Upton Sinclair. (Individuals, Society, and Culture)

ResourcesThe Progressive Movement and African Americans

Booker T. Washington ResourcesBooker T. Washington primary sources

W.E.B.Du Bois primary sourcesThe Debate Between W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington

The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom (Library of Congress)The Jungle

Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape architect – Central Park)Frances Willard (educator, women’s suffrage movement)

Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)Winning the Vote for Women: The 19th Amendment

IndianaMay Wright SewallMadam C.J. WalkerT.C. Steele and the Hoosier GroupElwood HaynesJuliet StraussRichard Lieber

Ball Brothers (Muncie)Indianapolis RecorderCarl FisherJames AllisonThe Hoosier Behind the Jazz Charts

USH.3.6 Reasons why the United States became involved in World War I. (Government, Economics)Key Terms/Topics

CAUSESViolation of neutral rightsEconomic ties to the allies

“The world must be made safe for democracy”Zimmerman Telegram

Russian RevolutionResources

WWI Web SitesPBS: The Great War

World War I Resources, Grades 9-12Digital History: World War I

Digital History: World War I (Interpreting Primary Sources)House-Grey Memorandum

Edsitement: U.S. Entry into World War I; Two Diametrically Oppose ViewsEdsitement: U.S. Entry into World War I: Some Hypotheses About U.S. Entry

Edsitement: U.S. Entry into World War I: A Documentary Chronology of World War IEdsitement: Wilson and American Entry into World War I

KHAN ACADEMY: United States enters World War I (video)

PBS: The Blame Game Lusitania

Zimmermann TelegramGilder Lehrman: The Zimmermann Telegram and American Entry into World War I (free registration)

World War I Posters

USH.3.7 Analyze President Wilson’s Fourteen Points and describe the obstacles he faced in getting European leaders to accept his approach to peace. (Government)

Key Terms/TopicsFOURTEEN POINTS OBSTACLES

Recognition of freedom of the seasNo more secret treatiesFree tradeReduction of armamentsImpartial adjustment of all colonial claimsAllow Russia to determine its own governmentRespect for Belgium’s integrityRestoration of French territoryItaly receives territory based on ethnicityAustria-Hungary receives fair development

opportunitiesIndependence of the Balkan statesSelf-determination for Ottoman Empire & free

passage through DardanellesIndenpendance for PolandLeague of Nations

Henry Cabot LodgeIrreconcilables and reservationistsWilson’s unwillingness to compromise

ResourcesWilson’s Fourteen Points (Video)

Interpretation of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points (Colonel House)

PBS: The Great War

USH.3.8 Summarize the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles and analyze reasons why the treaty was never ratified by the U.S. Senate. (Government)

Key Terms/TopicsPROVISIONS REASONS TREATY WAS NOT RATIFIED

Germany required to admit total blame for starting WWIGermany required to pay huge reparationsGermany’s army reduced in size; navy turned over to the AlliesGermany’s colonial possessions divided among the AlliesAustria-Hungary divided (Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia,

Czechoslovakia)New nations created (Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)A League of Nations was created

Republican Senate (Wilson was a Democrat)Concern over League of NationsStrong efforts to prevent future warsCollective action against states that went to war in violation of the

treatyArticle 10 – guaranteed political independence of League

members states and their protection against external aggression

ResourcesParis Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles Video

Edsitement: The Debate in the United States over the League of Nations: League of Nations BasicsPBS: The Great War

USH.3.9 Explain the impact of “New” Immigration and the Great Migration on industrialization and urbanization and in promoting economic growth. (Economics, Geography)

Key Terms/Topics“New Immigrants” Basic Information

From southern and eastern EuropeRoman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Jewish

Most entered the U.S. through Ellis IslandThese “new immigrants” began competing for jobs

These “new immigrants” were discriminated againstResources

Immigration Restriction and the Ku Klux KlanImmigration and Migration from Gilder Lehrman (free registration)

Digital History: ImmigrationWhy did immigrants come to America?

To what extent has America welcomed immigrants?To what extend was America xenophobic in the 1920’s?

Standard 4: Modern United States Prosperity and Depression: Post WWI to 1939Students explain the political, economic, social and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1920 to 1939.

Primary Source Documents:Roaring 20s Web Sites

The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)American History Resource-1920-1932American History Resource-1933-1939

Best of Ansel Adams

USH.4.1 Understand the significance of the pro-business policies of President’s Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover and the effect these policies had on the economy of the 1920s. (Economics, Government)

ResourcesFrom Boom Times to Depression

America in the 1920’s

HARDINGHarding Inaugural Address

COOLIDGECoolidge Inaugural Address

Calvin Coolidge primary sources

HOOVERHoover Inaugural Address

From the Hoover Presidential Library

USH.4.2 Identify new cultural movements of the 1920s and analyze how these movements reflected and changed American society. (Individuals, Society, and Culture)

Key Terms/TopicsHarlem RenaissanceLangston Hughes

Jazz AgeF. Scott Fitzgerald

ResourcesDigital History: 1920’sPBS: The Harlem RenaissanceThe Library of Congress: A Guide to Harlem Renaissance MaterialsThe Library of Congress: The Harlem RenaissanceTeaching with Primary Documents Teacher’s Guide

The Harlem RenaissanceLangston Hughes Langston Hughes – I, Too (Video)F. Scott FitzgeraldJazz Age

Indiana AvenueGeorge's Bar on Indiana Avenue -

USH.4.3 Identify areas of social tension such as the Red Scare, Prohibition, Religious Fundamentalism, the KKK, New Morality, and the New Woman and explain their consequences in the post-WWI era. (Individuals, Society, andCulture)

ResourcesDigital History: 1920’s

Red Scare and the Palmer RaidsWhat caused the Palmer Raids?

Red Scare! The Palmer Raids and Civil Liberties

Red Scare

ProhibitionProhibition

Edsitement: How Teachers Can make the most of ProhibitionGilder Lehrman: The Supreme Court uphold national prohibition, 1920 (free registration)

Prohibition Lesson Plan Reading Like a Historian

Religious FundamentalismScopes Trial

Scopes Trial Reading Like a HistorianScopes Trial from HISTORYnet

Tennessee vs. John Scopes The Monkey Trial

Ku Klux KlanKKK

D.C. StephensonD.C. Stephenson in Indiana

Immigration restrictionsOpening of Crispus Attucks High School (1927)

USH.4.4 Technological developments during the 1920s and explain their impact on rural and urban America. (Economics; Geography; Individuals, Society, and Culture)

ResourcesDigital History: 1920s

Henry Ford and the Model TEconomic Boom 1920s

USH.4.5 Analyze the causes of the Great Depression and explain how they affected American society. (Economics; Individuals, Society, and Culture)

Key Terms/TopicsCauses of the Great Depression

Uneven distribution of incomeStock market speculationExcessive use of credit

Overproduction of consumer goodsWeak farm economy

Government policy (protective tariff)Global economic problems

ResourcesAmerican History >> The Great Depression

Why was the Great Depression a Disaster Waiting to Happen?Causes and Effects of the New Deal

Digital History: Great DepressionThe Great Depression Lesson Plans

Econedlink: Where did all the money go? The Great Depression MysteryGilder Lehrman: The Great Depression (free registration)

Gilder Lehrman: Causes of the Great Depression (video) (free registration)Causes of the Great Depression

The Great Depression: Causes and Effects (Video)Depression-Era Photographs: Worth a Thousand Words (Edsitement)To Kill a Mockingbird: A Historical perspective (Library of Congress)

USH.4.6 Identify and describe the contributions of political and social reformers during the Great Depression Era. (Government; Economics; Individuals, Society and Culture)

Key Terms/TopicsSOCIAL REFORMERS

Franklin D. Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt

Senator Huey LongDorthea Lang

Mary McLeod Bethune

Father Charles CoughlinDr. Francis Townsensd

ResourcesDigital History: Great Depression

Gilder Lehrman: Women in the Great Depression (free registration)Roosevelt’s Critics

Digital History: Roosevelt’s Critics

Miriam AndersonThe Concert That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Time Magazine)

USH.4.7 Analyze the impact the Great Depression had on America’s standard of living (Economics, Government)Key Terms/Topics

BreadlinesHoovervillesBonus ArmyFounding of the Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO)

25% unemploymentFarmer’s incomes fell to low levelsCrime (gangsters such as John Dillinger)

ResourcesDigital History: Great Depression

Effects of the Great Depression (Video)The Great Depression: Crash Course US History

HoovervillesNear v. Minnesota (1931)

Bonus Army Marches (1932) PBS VideoMigrant Farm Families

True Grit: Dust Bowl Survivors Time Magazine

USH.4.8 Identify and explain the significance of New Deal relief programs. (Government)

Key Terms/TopicsAid to the unemployed Aid to the Homeowner

-Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)-Public Works Administration (PWA)

-Works Progress Administration (WPA)

-Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)-Federal Housing Authority (FHA)

ResourcesDigital History: New Deal Programs

Recovery ProgramsHow did the New Deal go about fixing the problems of the Great Depression?

The Top Ten New Deal ProgramsThe Economics of the New Deal

USH.4.9 Identify and explain the significance of the expansion of federal power during the New Deal Era in the areas of agriculture, money and banking, industry, labor, social welfare, and conservation.

Key Terms/TopicsAgriculture Money & Banking Industry Labor Social Welfare Conservation

-Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)-Resettlement Adminstration (RA)-Rural Electrification Administration (REA)-Farm Credit Administration (FCA)

-Bank holiday-Federal Deposit and Insurance Corp (FDIC)-Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

-National Recovery Administration (NRA)

-National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)-Fair Labor Standards Act

Social Security ActSocial Security Lesson

Plan

-Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)-Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

ResourcesTo what extend did the New Deal end the Great Depression?

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938DocsTeach: The New Deal: Revolution or Reform?

FDR: From Budget Balancer to Keynesian

Standard 5: The United States and World War II: 1939 to 1945Students examine the causes and course of World War II, the effects of the war on United States society and culture, and the consequences for United States involvement in world affairs.

Primary Source Documents:The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

American History Resource-1940-1945

USH.5.1 Analyze the causes and effects of American isolationism during the 1930s and the effect this policy had on America’s war preparation. (Government, Economics, Geography)

Key Terms/TopicsAmerican preoccupation with economic conditions in the U.S.

Nye CommissionNeutrality Acts

ResourcesThe Merchants of Death

Neutrality Act (August 31, 1935)Neutrality Act (February 29, 1936)

Neutrality Act (May 1, 1937)

USH.5.2 Compare and contrast President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s world view with that of Germany’s Adolf Hitler, Italy’s Benito Mussolini, the Soviet Union’s Joseph Stalin, and Japan’s Hideki Tojo. (Government; Individuals, Society and Culture)

ResourcesFDR

FDR’s Four Freedoms speech VideoAtlantic Charter

FDR’s Declaration of WarHITLER

Hitler’s May Day speech (May1, 1937)Did Hitler Have A Clear World View And To What Extent Did This Shape The Third Reich?

MUSSOLINIBenito Mussolini

The Doctrine of Fascism Benito Mussolini (1932)TOJO

Hideki Tojo

USH.5.3 Identify and explain key events from Versailles to Pearl Harbor that resulted in the United States entry into World War II. (Government, Geography)

Key Terms/TopicsFailure of the League of NationsJapanese invasion of ManchuriaNye Investigation (see USH.5.1)German invasion of Poland

German invasion of FranceBattle of BritainLend-Lease ActJapanese bombing of Pearl Harbor

Edsitement: The Road to Pearl Harbor: The United States and East Asia, 1915-1941Digital History: World War II

Why did the U.S. enter WWII?Edsitement: From Neutrality to War 4 Lessons

Battle of BritainPearl Harbor Slide Show

After Pearl Harbor: Rare Photos from the American Home Front

USH.5.4 Identify key leaders and events from World War II and explain the significance of each. (Government)

Key Terms/TopicsLEADERS

FDRHitlerTojoStalinMussolini

EisenhowerMacArthurNimitzPatton

EVENTSAllied Conferences (Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam)Internment of Japanese AmericansBataan Death MarchBattle of MidwayEl AlameinBattle of Stalingrad

D-DayBattle of the BulgeManhattan ProjectSinking of the USS IndianapolisHiroshima & Nagasaki

ResourcesWWII Animated Maps: Europe & N. Africa

WWII Animated Maps: Pacific War Edsitement: The United States in World War II: “The Proper Applic ation of Overwhelming Force” 4 Lessons

Eisenhower’s Order of the Day (1944)The War After D-Day: Deeper Into Hell

Germany Surrenders at Reims, May 7, 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Photos from the Ruins V-J Day: A Nation Lets Loose

USH.5.5 Describe Hitler’s “final solution” policy and explain the Allied responses to the Holocaust and war crimes. (Government; Geography; Individuals, Society and Culture)

ResourcesHolocaust Teacher Resource Center

Bureau of Jewish Education – Holocaust EducationDocsTeach: Human Strife

Edsitement: Holocaust and ResistanceBehind the Picture: The Liberation of Buchenwald, 1945 Please take the time to preview – some of these pictures are disturbing

ECHOES and REFLECTIONS Student/Teacher Resource CenterHolocaust Timeline

Resources for Educators United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The Holocaust: A Collection of Teaching Resources

Holocaust – Facing History and Ourselves

USH.5.6 Explain how the United States dealt with individual rights and national security during World War II by examining the following groups: Japanese-Americans, African Americans, Native-Americans, Hispanics, and women. (Government)

ResourcesCivil Rights and Ethnic Education Resources

To what extent is it acceptable for the government to limit civil liberties in time of war?

Japanese-AmericansReading Like a Historian: Japanese Internment free registration

Transcript of Executive Order 9066Korematsu v. United States (1944)Hirabayashi v. United States (1943)

African Americans

African Americans in World War II - The National WWII MuseumAfrican Americans in WWII & Civil RightsThe War at Home: Civil Rights/Minorities

African Americans in World War II

WomenWomen in WWII at a glance - The National WWII Museum

Women Come to the Front Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II

HispanicsThe Hispanic Experience in World War II

Mexican Americans in World War II

America and WWII

USH.5.7 Summarize the efforts the national government made to regulate production, labor, and prices during the war and evaluate the success or failure of these efforts. (Government)

ResourcesHome Front - The National WWII Museum

On the Home Front (PDF) »World War II : The Home Front - Social Studies School Service

USH.5.8 Identify and describe the impact of World War II on American culture. (Individuals, Society and Culture)Resources

Digital History: Impact of World War IIReading Like a Historian: Zoot Suit Riots free registrationWorld War II on the Home Front: CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY

USH.5.9 Explain how World War II led to the rise of the United States and the Soviet Union as rival superpowers. Digital History: The Atomic Bomb

Reading Like a Historian: the Atomic Bomb free registrationPost WWII Goals and Plans

Standard 6: Postwar United States: 1945 to 1960Students understand the political, economic, social and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1945 to 1960.

American History – Cold War EraEdsitement: Origins of the Cold War; 1945-49 3 Lessons

History Channel: The Cold WarAmerican History Resource-1946-1960

Primary Source DocumentsPostwar United States (1945 to early 1970’s)

Life Photos – Classic Pictures from Life Magazine’s archives

USH.6.1 Understand the domino theory and its relationship to the principle of containment. Identify key events and individuals as well as their connections to post World War II tensions (Cold War). (Government, Geography)

Key Terms/TopicsEvents

Truman DoctrineMarshall Plan

Domino TheoryNATO

Berlin AirliftKorean War

Red ScareU-2 Incident

Individuals/TermsJoseph McCarthyAlger HissJulius & Ethel Rosenberg

McCarthyismBlacklistingHollywood Ten

Domino TheoryDomino Theory (History Channel)

Eisenhower gives famous “domino theory” speech

ResourcesBeginning of the Cold War

Gilder Lehrman—Origins of the Cold War: The Containment PolicyCold War Lesson Plan1

Digital History: The Origins of the Cold WarTruman Doctrine / Marshall Plan - JohnDClare.net

Edsitement: The Formation of the Western Alliance, 1948-1949Berlin Airlift Video

Edsitement: The Korean WarMcCarthyism Witch hunts of the 1950’sThe Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy

Edsitement: The House Un-American Activities CommitteeHollywood Ten (History Channel)

The Atom Spy CaseThe Trials of Alger Hiss: A Chronology

“duck and cover”The U-2 Incident of 1960

USH.6.2 Summarize and assess the various actions which characterized the early struggle for civil rights (1945-1960). (Government; Individuals, Society and Culture)

ResourcesCivil Rights and Ethnic Education ResourcesAmerican History – Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights TimelineCivil Rights in the Postwar Era: 1946-1953

Civil Rights Resource Guide (Library of Congress)Integration of the U.S. Armed Forces

The Civil Rights Movement and the Second Reconstruction, 1945-1968Gilder Lehrman: The Civil Rights Movement: Major Events and Legacies (free registration)

Civil Rights in the USA 1956-1968Civil Rights Chronology

The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom (Library of Congress)The Supreme Court and Civil Rights

We Shall Overcome (National Parks Service)Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement (National Parks Service)

History of the Civil Rights Movement (YouTube)Civil Rights

Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson , Civil Rights Advocate (National Archives)

Jackie Robinson - The Official Site Baseball, Race Relations and Jackie Robinson (Library of Congress)

Baseball, Race and Ethnicity: Rounding the Bases (Library of Congress)

Rosa ParksRosa Parks Materials - Library of Congress

Rosa Parks Interview

Montgomery BoycottMontgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956)

Riding the Bus – Taking a Stand

Freedom RidersMartin Luther King Jr. and the Freedom Riders: Rare and Classic Photos (Life Magazine)

Emmett TillEmmett Till - Legacy

Bob Dylan’s interpretation of Emmett Till’s murderA Savage Season in Mississippi: The Murder of Emmett Till (Life Magazine)

Central High SchoolThe Little Rock School Integration Crisis

Executive Order 10730 (Eisenhower’s desegregation order) Integration of Central High School Info plus Short Video

Elizabeth Eckford and the Little Rock NineSchool Desegregation and Equal Educational Opportunity

Brave Hearts: Remembering the Little Rock Nine, 1957 (Life Magazine)

USH.6.3 Describe the constitutional significance and lasting societal effects of the United States Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education. (Government)

ResourcesBrown v . Board of Education in PBS' The Supreme Court - YouTube

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) - Bill of Rights Institute Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Separate But Not Equal (History Channel clip)

The Supreme Court and Civil RightsSeparate but Equal Education: The Road to Brown v Board

Case Study: Brown v Board of Educ. TrialBROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION LESSONS

Brown v. Board at 60

“Massive Resistance”:

The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom (Library of Congress)

USH.6.4 Summarize key economic and social changes in post-WW II American life. (Individuals, Society and Culture)

Key Terms/Topics

Soviet Espionage in AmericaThe House Un-American Activities Committee

The Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy

ResourcesEdsitement: Anticommunism in post-war America 3 Lessons:The Postwar United States, 1945-1968 Library of Congress

Economic Recovery: Lessons from the Post-WWII PeriodU.S. Timeline – The 1950’s

Standard 7: The United States in Troubled Times: 1960 to 1980Students examine the political, economic, social and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1960 to 1980.

How do JFK and LBJ compare as PresidentsAmerican History Resource-1961-1969American History Resource-1969-1980

U.S. Timeline – the 1960’sU.S. Timeline – The 1970’s

Religion in Post-World War II AmericaLife Photos – Classic Pictures from Life Magazine’s archives

Frank Beckwith for President

USH.7.1 Explain the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s by describing the ideas and actions of federal and state leaders, grassroots movements, and central organizations that were active in the movement. (Government; Economics; Individuals, Society and Culture)

Civil Rights and Ethnic Education ResourcesFive Essential Practices for Teaching the Civil Rights Movement

The History of the Civil Rights Movement (You Tube video)American History – Civil Rights Movement

Key Terms/TopicsPeople:

John F. KennedyJFK, Freedom Riders and the Civil Rights Movement (Edsitement)

JFK, LBJ, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960’s (Edsitement)

Robert KennedyRobert F. Kennedy’s Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Speech (delivered in Indianapolis)

Lyndon B. JohnsonJFK, LBJ, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960’s (Edsitement)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (See USH.7.2)Birmingham 1963

Malcolm X (See USH.7.2)

Medgar EversNAACP History: Medgar Evers

Behind the Picture: Medgar Evers’ Funeral, June 15, 1963 (Life Magazine)The Legacy of Medgar Evers

Stokley CarmichaelGeorge Wallace The Opinions of the Public

Earl Warren

OrganizationsThe NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom (Library of Congress)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

USH 7.1 continued on next pageResources

Civil Rights and Ethnic Education Resources

Equity on the Hardwood Civil Rights Resource Guide (Library of Congress)

Civil Rights TimelineDocsTeach: We shall Overcome

Edsitement: Competing Voices of the Civil Rights MovementTimeline of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1964

Civil Rights Timeline (Civil Rights.org)The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (National Archives)

The Supreme Court and Civil RightsCivil Rights Primary Sources (1955-1983)

We Shall Overcome (National Parks Service)Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement (National Parks Service)

Marching for Justice – Selma to MontgomeryVoting Rights

Teaching about 1963 in 2013: Civil Rights Movement HistoryThe March on Washington DBQ Teachers Guide

The Choices Program Fifty Years after the March on Washington: Students in the Civil Rights Movement

USH.7.2 Evaluate various methods and philosophies (e.g. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Black Panthers, and Malcolm X) to bring about social justice during the Civil Rights Movement. (Individuals, Society and Culture)

ResourcesGilder Lehrman: Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech (free registration)

The March on Washington: Power to the People (Life Magazine)How effective was the civil rights movement in bringing about social change in America?

Malcolm X Speeches…

USH.7.3 Identify and explain the significance of federal programs, policies and legal rulings designed to improve the lives of Americans during the 1960s. (Government, Economics)

Key Terms/TopicsNew FrontierGreat Society

War on PovertyMedicare/Medicaid

VISTACivil Rights Acts of 1964 & 1965

ResourcesThe Legacy of President John F. Kennedy – 50 years later

War on Poverty - PBSPBS: LBJ and the Great Society

Study Aid: Great Society LegislationGilder Lehrman: Great Society (free registration)

Federal Power: Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan

USH.7.4 Describe developing trends in science and technology and explain how they impacted the lives of Americans during the period 1960-1980.

ResourcesLanding a Man on the Moon: President Nixon and the Apollo Program

Apollo-Soyuz: Space Age DetenteBirth of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Apollo LandingApollo 11

USH.7.5 Identify and analyze the significance of key decisions of the Warren Court. (Government)Key Terms/Topics

Mapp v. OhioGideon v. WainwrightEscobedo v. IllinoisMiranda v. Arizona

Baker v. CarrYates v. United StatesEngel v. VitaleGriswold v. Connecticut

ResourcesHow did the Warren Court use judicial review to protect the rights of citizens?

The Legacy of the Warren Court

USH.7.6 Identify the problems confronting different minorities during this period of economic and social change and describe the solutions to these problems. (Economics; Individuals, Society and Culture)

Key Terms/TopicsDiscrimination

Affirmative ActionCounterculture

Students for a Democratic SocietyEqual Rights Amendment

NOWVietnam

ResourcesCivil Rights and Ethnic Education Resources

Lowering the Voting Age: Nixon and the 26 th Amendment

The Protest Era, 1960-1980Women’s Rights Movement (1960-1980)

Cesar Chavez & the UFWAffirmative Action and the Constitution (Bill of Rights Institute)

USH.7.7 Identify areas of social tension from this time period and explain how social attitudes shifted as a result.Key Terms/Topics

Equal Opportunity ActImmigration Reform Act of 1965

USH.7.8 Explain and analyze changing relations between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1960 to 1980. Key Terms/Topics

Bay of PigsBerlin Crisis

Cuban Missile CrisisSpace Race

Nuclear Test Ban TreatyVietnam

Nixon’s visit to ChinaSALT

1980 Olympic Boycott

ResourcesEdsitement: Cuban Missile Crisis

Crisis in Berlin (Video)The Space Race (Video)

John F. Kennedy and the Space RaceThe Choices Program On the Brink of Nuclear War: Leadership and the Cuban Missile Crisis

USH.7.9 Analyze the foreign and domestic consequences of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.Key Terms/Topics

Domino TheoryGulf of Tonkin Resolution

Tet OffensiveHawks vs. Doves

ResourcesAmerican History - Vietnam

The Vietnam War (Map)The Vietnam War

Teaching With Documents: The War in Vietnam – A Story in Photographs ... (National Archives)Vietnam War - Best of History Web Sites Explorations: The Vietnam war as History (Digital History)

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and Escalation of the Vietnam War (EDSITEment)Nixon and the War Powers Resolution

USH.7.10 Explain and analyze U.S. foreign policy issues during the 1960s and 1970s. (Africa, Middle East, China)Key Terms/Topics

Six Day War – 1967Yom Kippur War – 1973

Nixon visit to China

ResourcesNixon Visits China: The Week that Changed the World

Negotiating U.S.-Chinese Rapprochment

USH.7.11 Explain the constitutional, political, and cultural significance of the Watergate Scandal and the United States Supreme Court decision of United States v. Nixon. (Government)

ResourcesAmerican History – Nixon & Watergate

Watergate and the Constitution (National Archives)Watergate

Nixon ResignsWatergate CNN

The Watergate Story (Washington Post)

Standard 8: The Contemporary United States: 1980 to the PresentStudents examine the political, economic, social and cultural developments of the United States during the period from 1980 to the present.

U.S. Timeline – The 1980’sU.S. Timeline – The 1990’s

American History – Post Cold WarEntering a New Era: Conservatism, Globalization, Terrorism (1980-2006)

1980’s History ResourcesContemporary United States (1968 to the Present)

Current Events and the Constitution: Supreme Court Roundup

USH.8.1 Explain the significance of social, economic and political issues during the period 1980 to the present and howthese issues affected individuals and organizations.

Key Terms/TopicsPanama Canal TreatyIran Hostage CrisisAir Traffic Controllers StrikeIran – Contra ScandalImpeachment of President Clinton2000 Presidential ElectionImmigration PolicyAffirmative Action

Social SecurityWage earnings and income disparityGovernment entitlementsAIDS epidemicLos Angeles race riotsAbortionGay rightsCivil Rights

ResourcesTeaching about 1963 in 2013: Civil Rights Movement History

How has the Burger/Rehnquist Court effected the issue of rights in America?How have recent U.S. Presidents dealt with domestic and foreign issues?

The Panama Canal Treaties: Jimmy Carter

Air Traffic Controllers strike1981 Strike Leaves Legacy for American Workers

Reagan remarks on Air Traffic Controllers strike (Video)

Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act

Iran-Contra Scandal

Impeachment of President Clinton

The Clinton Impeachment (Bill of Rights Institute)The Impeachment Trial of President William Clinton

The Impeachment of President ClintonThe Clinton Impeachment, Ten Years Later

USH 8.1 continued on next page2000 Presidential election

Bush v. Gore and the 2000 Presidential Election (Bill of Rights Institute)President Elect - 2000

Bush v. Gore – Cornell University

ImmigrationHistory of U.S. Immigration Laws

Historical Timeline – Illegal Immigration – ProCon.orgU.S. Immigration Policy: What Should We Do?

Immigration (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)

Affirmative Action and the Constitution (Bill of Rights Institute)

Social SecuritySocial Security, Present and Future (New York Times)

Social Security: A guide to critical questions

Global Aids Overview

USH.8.2 Describe developing trends in science and technology and explain how they impact the lives of Americans today such as:

Key Terms/TopicsNASA and space programs;identification of DNA;the Internet and broadband accessglobal climate change;U.S. energy policy.Compact discs and cell phones

Cable newsBloggingFacebookStem cell researchSDI

ResourcesScience and Engineering Indicators 2012

STEM Education Data and TrendsPeople and Discoveries

Chronology of twentieth-century science12 Most Important Trends in Science Over the Past 30 Years

Alison Sander: Megatrends – the art and science of trend tracking

USH.8.3 Discuss and explain the significance of the rise of the new conservative coalition of the 1980’s.Key Terms/Topics

William F. Buckley, Jr.Taxpayers Revolt

Reverse DiscriminationReaganomics (Supply-Side Economics)

Spending cutsDeregulation

ResourcesFederal Power: Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan

Conservatism and the Rise of Ronald ReaganThe Age of Reagan

USH.8.4 Explain the assumptions of supply-side economics or "Reaganomics" and how the Reagan administration implemented it. (Economics)

ResourcesPrimary Source Lesson Plan Debating the Success & Failure of Reaganomics

Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan and Federal PowerReaganomics

USH.8.5 Explain how the Cold War ended and identify new challenges to U.S. leadership in the world. (Economics,Geography)

ResourcesAmerican History – Post Cold War

President Reagan and the Cold War: Vision and DiplomacyEnd of the Cold War

Détente and the End of the Cold War (Video)The Cold War and Beyond

USH.8.6 Analyze important domestic and foreign policies and events of the Clinton and Bush administrations.Key Terms/TopicsDomestic Policy“Read My Lips”

Family and Medical Leave ActNAFTA

Balanced BudgetNo Child Left Behind Act

Foreign PolicyTiananmen Square

Breakup of the Soviet UnionPersian Gulf War

Bosnia -- PeacekeepingSeptember 11

Iraq WarWar in Afghanistan

ResourcesThe American Experience; The Presidents:George H.W. Bush Teachers Guide

The Legacy of the Clinton AdministrationThe American Experience; The Presidents: William Jefferson Clinton

The American Experience; The Presidents: George W. BushGeorge W. Bush and the Military Tribunals Bill of Rights Institute

USH.8.7 Explain the constitutional significance of the following landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court: Westside Community School District v. Mergens (1990), Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997), Mitchell v. Helms (2000) and Bush v. Gore (2000).

ResourcesWestside Community School District v. Mergens

Reno v. American Civil Liberties UnionMitchell v. Helms

Bush v. GoreBush v. Gore and the 2000 Presidential Election (Bill of Rights Institute)

USH.8.8 Explain the background and significance of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack and the resulting War on Terror.Resources

911 Materials for TeachersTeach + Learn

TeachersFirst’s September 11 ResourcesThe 9/11 Commission Report

George W. Bush and the Military Tribunals Bill of Rights Institute

USH.8.9 Analyze the impact of globalization on U.S. culture and U.S. economic, political and foreign policy. (Government,Economics, Geography)

ResourcesINDIANA

Immigrant Welcome CenterInternational Center of Indianapolis

Institute for Latino Studies ( Notre Dame)Indiana District Export Council

Indiana Business Research CenterCenter for the Study of Global Change

NATIONAL:Mapping the Nation

Asia SocietyNational League of Cities

Teachers Guide to International Collaboration-Internet

Standard 9: Historical ThinkingStudents conduct historical research that incorporates information literacy skills such as forming appropriate research questions; evaluating information by determining its accuracy, relevance and comprehensiveness; interpreting a variety of primary and secondary sources; and presenting their findings with documentation.

USH.9.1 Identify patterns of historical succession and duration in which historical events have unfolded and apply them to explain continuity and change.

Civil Rights Supreme Court Cases that Shaped Our Government: America’s Melting Pot

USH.9.2 Locate and analyze primary sources and secondary sources related to an event or issue of the past; discover possible limitations in various kinds of historical evidence and differing secondary opinions.

USH.9.3 Analyze multiple, unexpected, and complex causes and effects of events in the past.

USH.9.4 Explain issues and problems of the past by analyzing the interests and viewpoints of those involved.

USH.9.5 Formulate and present a position or course of action on an issue by examining the underlying factors contributing to that issue.